liberties

It’s good to find this kind of insight and intellect in anyone these days, but that it comes from a 14-year-old is pretty amazing. Animal Farm vs. Americaa comparison In Animal Farm… In America… The animals establish protective rules (e.g., All animals are equal) That are very beneficial for a time, but are then subtly […]

After this morning’s Board of Commissioners meeting, I spoke for a few minutes with Kelly Robinson, commissioner for my district in the county. I wanted to remind him that I was a constituent in the district he represents, and present a point of view different from the one that, during the meeting, he said constituents expressed. I […]

…when a United States citizen – who by all accounts loves his country – would be forced to seek safety in Russia? I grew up in the Cold War era, and it is unfathomable to me that Russia is Snowden’s best hope. I don’t think that the U.S. government can save face at all given […]

There was another town hall meeting here in Douglasville the other night. I may write it up in another post, but it made me want to bang my head against the wall, so I might just let it pass. Suffice it to say this was not a New-England-style town hall. Georgia House Representative LaDawn Blackett […]

When the U.S. declared its independence, mother country Britain had been the freest nation on the planet. By the standard of the times, the injustices our ancestors suffered undoubtedly seemed to some like small potatoes. I mean, so what if Britain forced us to let soldiers move in with us and eat our food? Who […]

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